1 I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

I will sing of mercy and loving-kindness and justice; to You, O Lord, will I sing.

2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

I will behave myself wisely and give heed to the blameless way—O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside; it shall not grasp hold of me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know wickedness.

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person or thing.

5 W hoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off; he who has a haughty look and a proud and arrogant heart I cannot and I will not tolerate.

6 M y eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me.

My eyes shall upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks blamelessly, he shall minister to me.

7 H e who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

8 E arly I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Morning after morning I will root up all the wicked in the land, that I may eliminate all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.